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For almost six months, one man has personified this divisive issue of religious freedom footballer Israel Folau. The former rugby star lost his job for tweeting some controversial religious views about a long list of supposed sinners, including gay people. Now he is heading to the federal court ...

New research into the history of Muslim immigration to Australia is rather surprising. Former SBS journalist Dzavid Haveric believes Muslims may have visited Australia as early as the 9th century, as part of the Persian age of discovery. And we know Afghan cameleers settled in Australia in the ...

The main target of a mass murder in El Paso, Texas, at the weekend was Americas growing Hispanic community. In a 2000-word manifesto, the shooter, Patrick Crusius, referred to the Hispanic invasion of Texas. President Donald Trump denounced the massacre and the white supremacy behind it but not ...

In July 2016, Pakistani youtube star Qandeel Baloch - aged 26 - was found murdered. Shortly after, her brother confessed to her killing saying her actions had brought dishonour to his family. Three years on her brother remains in prison but has not been tried or convicted of the crime. There are now ...

The ordeal of some women enslaved by the Islamic State group didn't end with their freedom. Yazidi women raped by their captors have been told they can't bring their children home, so they've had to leave them behind. The ABC's Middle East correspondent Adam Harvey visited an orphanage in northern ...